Devolicious

Devolicious and his new friends...
Candy the Poodle
Chico the Chihuahua

Tootsie Pop commercial

On the way to work

This morning I made 2 soft-boiled eggs and put them in my lunch bag. I intended on eating them for breakfast once I got to the office. The other contents of my lunchbag was a chicken salad sandwich that Jay kindly made for me. Shortly before rushing out the door, I realized I hadn't taken vitamins lately, so I popped about 5 different ones.

Driving to work, I suddenly felt very nauseous. Oh dear I realized, it's the vitamins on an empty stomach, or rather a stomach that's only had acidic coffee in it. I thought I'd have to pull over, it was that bad. I veered to the side of the road, and realized I could just keep driving. This happened once more. I thought, maybe I'll just take a bite of Jay's sandwich, that will help. So I reached into the bag and felt the eggs. Now plenty of times I have brought hard-boiled eggs to work. I thought, I'll just crack one in my car and eat it! (WTF)? Yes, I'll crack one in my hand by squeezing it, I'll make this work! A moment later, I had yellow yolk and soft white egg all over my hand, dripping into the bag all over the saran wrapped sandwich. I had forgotten that fast that it was a soft-boiled egg.

I licked off my hand as best I could (out of hunger) and drove to work. My stomach was fine now. The other egg ended up being too soft and I ate my lunch sandwich for breakfast. Sometimes, I am a real spaz.

Their slogan is, "protect your banana!"

Q: "Not all bananas are the same size or shape, so how can the Banana Guard fit them all?"

A: The Banana Guard was specially designed to accommodate the majority of banana sizes. Our testing indicates that over 90% of commercially available bananas will fit into the Banana Guard. Highly curved bananas can be straightened ever-so-slightly without harm to fit the Banana Guard shape. The opposite holds true of very straight bananas.

Q: "Is there a battery attachment?"

A: No. The Banana Guard was designed for its intended purpose only as a device to prevent banana trauma during transport.

Peep night-light

Vegas geranium

A little belief goes a long way

Hard to hear

Today I was at the studio and my mentor was there, working. She is the one who rented this warehouse and got the artists together. She is a very good, very prolific artist by the name of Kalani Engles.

She told me today that I was wasn't working hard enough. It was hard to hear, but I know it is true.

Coach John Wooden said, "Never mistake activity for achievement". I am taking that to heart now. I often have a lot of activity in my life and not the achievement I want. It is time for me to focus on this.

Laughter

I was just reading about Maya Angelou and how she believes that laughter is the most healing of all the emotions. Soon afterwards, Jess sent me this video.

Open Studios coming soon!

This weekend I will be in my studio most of the time. I am preparing for my first Open Studios.

I am very excited about this. I share a studio with 12 other artists and we are all participating. My link for this event is here.

Here's to everyone having an awesome weekend!

Where am I?

Besides my watch and earrings, this is what I found on my nightstand, in my hotel room this morning:

- bottle of water (thank god)
- a used pack of playing cards from Hooters (gag gift for someone)
- a glowstick
- lipgloss tin (new) given to me by a bathroom attendant (to whom I gave a $1. tip)
- a receipt for $16 for one (ONE) red bull & vodka

How late did the red bulls and vodka allow me to stay up? 5AM. A first, for me.

p.s. Follow up from Jay's sister, who is studying to become a nurse...Red bulls and vodka are apparently very bad for your kidneys, as they have to work twice as hard to process the alcohol and caffeine. Thanks lil' Mo.

Photo shoot for Garage in our garage

Product photo shoot of tiki mugs
for Garage Magazine